1938 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1938 Season

Negro National League II

1937 / 1939

Gus Greenlee (Chairman & President)
Cumberland Posey (Secretary-Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

Slugging %

#	Player	Team	SLG
1	Buck Leonard	HG	.739
2	Josh Gibson	HG	.708
3	Harry Williams	PC	.621
4	Ed Stone	NE	.598
5	Ray Brown	HG	.581
6	Sammy Hughes	BEG	.562
7	Pat Patterson	PS	.544
8	Jim West	BEG	.538
9	Mule Suttles	NE	.535
10	Ray Dandridge	NE	.524

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Ray Brown	HG	70
2	Henry McHenry	PS	61
3	Spoon Carter	PS	55
4	Barney Morris	PC	55
5	Barney Brown	NBY	52
6	Johnny Taylor	PC	51
7	Roy Partlow	HG	42
8	Edsall Walker	HG	42
9	Webster McDonald	PS	38
10	Bob Griffith	BEG	36

Batting

Teams

#	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP
1	Homestead Grays	NN2	47	1796	1583	342	487	80	27	46	309	9	164	4	45	.308	.374	.479	.854	120
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	37	1410	1232	235	340	56	18	16	207	18	135	8	35	.276	.351	.390	.741	93
3	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	40	1516	1329	220	344	61	22	20	192	21	128	9	50	.259	.328	.383	.711	86
4	Newark Eagles	NN2	28	1011	903	136	239	35	12	16	123	10	76	3	29	.265	.324	.383	.707	85
5	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	65	2342	2013	346	535	80	22	38	314	13	236	12	81	.266	.346	.384	.730	84
6	New York Black Yankees	NN2	31	1149	1028	136	271	46	11	11	126	18	92	2	27	.264	.325	.362	.687	83
7	Washington Black Senators	NN2	14	524	457	56	119	15	4	2	47	1	48	3	16	.260	.335	.324	.658	76
	7	1	274	9748	8545	1471	2335	373	116	149	1318	90	879	41	283	.273	.344	.396	.740	92

Players

#	Player	Team	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP
1	Buck Leonard *	HG	1B	43	182	153	42	64	12	5	9	53	1	25	0	4	.418	.500	.739	1.239	217
2	Josh Gibson	HG	C	47	203	168	54	61	11	4	13	54	3	30	1	4	.363	.462	.708	1.171	199
3	Harry Williams	PC	2B	37	157	140	35	55	12	4	4	32	3	14	0	3	.393	.448	.621	1.069	179
4	Ed Stone *	NE	RF	28	114	97	21	34	6	3	4	19	2	13	0	4	.351	.427	.598	1.025	166
5	Sammy Hughes	BEG	2B	26	117	105	24	38	7	4	2	22	3	10	1	1	.362	.422	.562	.984	156
6	Ray Dandridge	NE	3B	27	113	103	24	38	9	2	1	19	0	8	0	2	.369	.414	.524	.939	144
7	Willie Wells	NE	SS	27	109	90	22	29	7	2	2	15	3	13	2	4	.322	.419	.511	.930	142
8	Jim West **	BEG	1B	35	150	132	24	42	12	1	5	30	0	15	2	1	.318	.396	.538	.934	142
9	Mule Suttles	NE	1B	27	98	86	18	25	3	0	6	22	0	10	0	2	.291	.365	.535	.899	133
10	Jerry Benjamin **	HG	CF	42	193	165	42	51	3	5	6	26	4	24	0	4	.309	.397	.497	.894	130
11	Henry Spearman	MULT	3B	31	138	123	18	43	10	1	0	21	0	13	0	2	.350	.412	.447	.859	126
12	Bill Perkins	PS	C	60	228	197	36	61	9	1	7	44	3	29	0	2	.310	.398	.472	.870	119
13	Wild Bill Wright **	BEG	RF	33	145	130	22	39	8	2	4	31	5	10	2	3	.300	.359	.485	.844	119
14	Fats Jenkins *	NBY / PC	LF	31	137	119	18	40	3	1	1	9	3	13	0	5	.336	.402	.403	.805	115
15	Dave Campbell *	NBY	2B	30	121	110	17	35	6	3	0	13	3	9	0	2	.318	.370	.427	.797	112
16	Biz Mackey **	BEG	C	32	125	104	17	32	5	0	1	16	1	18	0	3	.308	.410	.385	.794	109
17	Jim Williams	HG	RF	37	155	141	28	46	11	1	1	30	0	8	1	5	.326	.367	.440	.806	108
18	Zollie Wright	NBY / SEN	RF	23	87	75	13	23	3	1	0	10	0	11	0	1	.307	.395	.373	.769	106
19	Vic Harris *	HG	LF	44	196	176	43	53	7	5	2	26	0	16	1	3	.301	.363	.432	.795	105
20	Chester Williams	PC	SS	39	163	146	23	45	7	5	0	17	2	11	0	6	.308	.357	.425	.781	105
21	Curtis Harris	PS	2B	58	209	177	32	54	5	2	5	38	0	18	0	14	.305	.369	.441	.810	104
22	Roy Parnell	PS	LF	63	264	227	50	65	10	4	6	29	4	26	2	9	.286	.365	.445	.810	104
23	Lennie Pearson	NE	LF	28	106	95	16	28	5	2	1	17	2	8	0	3	.295	.350	.421	.771	101
24	Dan Wilson **	PC	3B	34	142	118	22	30	7	3	1	14	2	16	5	3	.254	.367	.390	.757	99
25	Marvin Barker	NBY	CF	31	136	124	19	38	6	2	0	6	2	9	0	3	.306	.353	.387	.740	97
26	Clyde Spearman *	PS	RF	65	281	245	41	74	10	5	1	28	2	29	1	6	.302	.378	.396	.774	96
27	George Giles *	PC / PS	1B	50	196	167	31	49	10	2	0	21	3	23	0	6	.293	.379	.377	.756	94
28	Buddy Burbage *	BEG / SEN	CF	15	65	53	8	13	1	0	2	8	0	8	0	4	.245	.344	.377	.722	94
29	Dave Thomas *	BEG / SEN	1B	14	59	51	8	12	5	1	0	6	0	8	0	0	.235	.339	.373	.712	91
30	Jake Dunn	PS	SS	63	257	223	37	56	12	2	5	34	0	28	1	5	.251	.337	.390	.727	83
31	Matt Carlisle	HG	2B	47	205	185	36	50	3	2	4	18	1	17	0	3	.270	.332	.373	.705	82
32	Johnny Washington *	NBY / PC	1B	36	143	129	12	31	7	2	2	25	2	11	1	2	.240	.305	.372	.677	78
33	Henry Kimbro *	BEG	CF	36	169	148	32	39	5	3	0	20	1	16	1	4	.264	.339	.338	.677	78
34	Felton Snow	BEG	SS	36	157	138	29	35	5	2	1	22	2	13	1	5	.254	.322	.341	.663	74
35	Napoleon Hairston	PC	LF	37	153	131	28	29	6	2	2	18	2	16	1	5	.221	.311	.344	.654	72
36	Leroy Morney **	NBY	SS	29	112	96	13	22	2	1	2	18	4	9	0	7	.229	.295	.333	.629	67
37	Walter Cannady	NBY	3B	29	116	106	15	26	3	1	1	17	1	9	0	1	.245	.304	.321	.625	67
38	Sam Bankhead	PC	CF	32	144	128	23	29	5	0	2	16	6	13	0	3	.227	.298	.313	.610	61
39	Gene Benson *	PC / PS	CF	52	228	206	32	47	3	4	2	26	1	17	1	4	.228	.290	.311	.601	55
40	Jimmie Crutchfield *	NE	CF	28	115	107	11	25	1	1	0	5	2	5	0	3	.234	.268	.262	.530	39
41	Jelly Jackson	HG	SS	47	180	163	21	33	5	3	0	19	0	13	0	4	.202	.261	.270	.531	38
42	Dick Seay	NE	2B	28	115	104	13	20	0	1	0	4	0	8	1	2	.192	.257	.212	.468	24

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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